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Pelagic Fisheries of India – An overview

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Title Pelagic Fisheries of India – An overview
 
Creator Prathibha Rohit
E. M. Abdussamad
A. Margaret Muthu Rethinam
U. Ganga
Shubhadeep Ghosh
K. M. Rajesh
K. P. Said Koya
K. Mohammed Koya
C. Anulekshmi
Ajay D. Nakhawa
S. Surya
Subal Kumar Roul
P. Abdul Azeez
R. Vinoth Kumar
H. M. Manas
J. Jayasankar
K. G. Mini
Somy Kuriakose
 
Subject Pelagic fishes
trends
marine fish landings
India
 
Description The annual pelagic fish landings of the country comprising diverse species, increased from0.3 million t in 1950 to >3 million t in 2021, marking a tenfold increase. The pelagic resourcesconsistently constituted over half of the total marine fish landings. Major contributors tothe pelagic landings are sardines, mackerels, tunas, carangids, ribbonfishes, Bombayduck,codlets, billfishes and barracudas. The west coast of India accounts for 60% of total pelagiclandings with the south-west coast comprising of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa sustainingvast shoals of small pelagic fishes thriving in the nutrient-rich upwelled waters. The pelagicfishes play a crucial role in the marine ecosystem, functioning as both prey and predator.Furthermore, the small pelagic fishes serve as sources of protein-rich food for coastalpopulations, and the large pelagic species command lucrative market prices both in thedomestic and export markets. Continuous monitoring of the landings of pelagic fishes isessential for recommending suitable management plans for the optimal and sustainableexploitation of the available pelagic resources in Indian waters. This paper attempts toprovide an overview of the marine pelagic fisheries of India, based on analysis of the fishlandings data across various sectors spanning the period from 1985 to 2021.
 
Keywords:Marine fish landings, Pelagic fishes, Sustainableexploitation, State-wise contribution, Trends
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (on behalf of Indian Council of Agricultural
 
Date 2024-03-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/131154
10.21077/ijf.2024.71.1.131154-02
 
Source Indian Journal of Fisheries; Vol. 71 No. 1 (2024)
0970-6011
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/131154/54234
 
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